Aldrich currency bill passes Senate with amendments
The Aldrich currency bill clears the Senate by a 42 to 16 vote after partisan approval of a Bailey substitute allowing emergency currency issued to national banks. La Follette pushes restrictions on bank investments and officer stock ownership while others seek government deposit guarantees and changes to reserve requirements.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
LaFollette
Aldrich
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
MF. LaFollette
Nelson
Minnesota
Stock Exchange
LaFallette
Knox
Teller
Batley
Texas
Tragic husband crawls to grave and ends his life
Frank Brock, a Hobart businessman, crawled to his wife Mabel Sidel’s grave at Crown Hill cemetery, then shot himself. His mother pleaded for him to return as he bled on the stones and died soon after at the sexton’s home. The double tragedy follows Mrs Laube’s bond for a prior death in a criminal operation.
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Brock
Mabel Sidel
Charles Sidel
Lake County
Chicago
Bertha Laubie
Hobart
Laube
Marshal James Gill
Crown Hill
E. Larson
Sexton
Larson
Mabel
Coal Miners Convene in Terre Haute Name Scale Committee
Terre Haute March 27 Little else accomplished besides appointing a scale committee to draft a wage contract for bituminous miners. The panel met this afternoon and will report when the convention reconvenes at 10 o'clock tomorrow, though members doubt a report will be ready then.
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Terre Haute
Germania Hall
Earthquake and Fire devastate Chilapa Guerrero
Mexico City March 27 Chilapa a town of 15000 in Guerrero state was shaken by an earthquake and fires that began in a dozen places within collapsed buildings. Losses in lives and property remain undetermined. Nearby Beloit Wisconsin reports a roaring well prior to the San Francisco quake and notes the same sound ceased as the California shock hit.
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Mexico City
Chilapa
Guerrero
Beloit
Wis
Charles Lathes
San Francisco
California
Rock County
Mexico
Demarest Wins Amateur Balk Line Championship
Calvin Demarest won the amateur 14.2 balk line championship tonight, setting a new high run record with 202 inches in tenning. His opponent H A Wright of San Francisco collected 22 in twelve trials. Demarest averaged 30 10 13 while Wright averaged 11 12. Cr F Conlin of Chicago took ...
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Associated
Presa
Chicago
Calvin Demarest
H. A. Wright
San Francisco
Demarest
Wright
Cr F. Conlin
Danish West Indies Shocked By Sudden Earth Shock
A sharp earthquake struck St. Thomas in the Danish West Indies yesterday afternoon causing alarm though no damage is reported.
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Danish West Indies
St. Thomas
Washington Records Quake in Two Tremors
Washington D C March 27 two major earthquakes were recorded at the weather bureau. Four records show the first shock began at 6 09 22 p m and the second at 10 45 22 p m. Tremors lasted five minutes three seconds for the first shock and four minutes forty four seconds for the second. Distances indicate origins near 2400 miles, with a possible same locality for three earthquakes. The strong motion lasted about ten minutes with vibrations extending over an hour and a half. the second quake was less intense.
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Washington
Washington, D. C
Weather Bureau
Major Albany Seismic Event Registered Across State Museum
Albany seismographs recorded a high intensity earthquake with multiple shocks last evening. The main quake and aftershocks likely originated in the same zone about 2,500 miles away, within the peramic belt near Mexico where recent shocks have been felt.
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Albany
N. Y
State Museum
Dinsa
Mexico
Trembler Shakes Salt Lake City University Seismograph
A severe earthquake lasting about forty minutes was recorded by the University of Utah seismograph between midnight and morning. About twenty minutes the instrument failed to record, with the rest showing varying intensity. The quake's distance could not yet be established.
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Salt Lake
Salt Lake City
Utah
University of Utah
Telegraph Operator Acquitted of Murder in Crawfordsville
Crawfordsville Ind March 27 After an all night session the jury returned a sealed verdict acquitting George Herrod a Big Four telegraph operator in Crawfordsville of murdering Harry McClain of Clinton On the first ballot the vote stood 7 for conviction and 5 for acquittal and it required 26 ballots to reach an agreement.
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Associated Press
Crawfordsville
Ind
George Herrod
Harry McClain
Clinton
Johnson says he will not seek but may accept Democratic nomination
Gov. Johnson states in a letter that he has not sought the Democratic presidential nomination and will not organize for it. He adds he would accept if tendered, but only to aid the party and would not run to defeat Bryan or anyone else. He pledges support for the nominee if chosen.
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Associated Press
St. Paul
Minn
Gov. Johnson
Swan J. Turnblad
Minneapolis
Swedish American Post
Democratic Party
Mr. Bryan
John A. Johnson
Aeronaut Henry Farman Injured in Issy Accident
Paris reports Henry Farman, English aeronaut, injured when his aeroplane at Issy veered after the wing struck the ground at sixty miles per hour. The craft swerved off course, causing the mishap.
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Associated Press
Paris
Henry Farman
Issy
Farman
Taft’s Machine Rapped by Wall Street Critics
Wall Street voices attack Secretary Taft’s machine style and policy approach. The criticisms focus on financial strategy and market confidence amid ongoing regulatory debates and fiscal policy concerns.
Thinks Hughes is the man for president
Utica March 27 Ervin Wardman editor of the New York Press declares federal employees nationwide back Taft for the presidency. He cites a Wall Street backed plan and argues the federal machine seeks a White House dynasty. He extols Gov. Hughes as a fit national chief magistrate.
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Utica
N.Y
Ervin Wardman
The
New York Press
Taft
Wall Street
White House
Roosevelt
United States
Internal Revenue
Hughes
Wardman
New York
Szechenyi Sends Telegram From Palermo
Count Laszlo Szechenyi writes from Palermo that he will not reach Hungary before May. He notes the countess will be formally introduced in Magyar aristocratic circles after the May season.
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Vienna
Laszlo Szechenyi
Hungary
Palermo
Clas
Electrical storm strikes Peoria Illinois
A heavy electrical and wind storm swept Fulton Tazewell and Mason counties causing downed wires and blocked tracks. In Pekin a saloon building was blown down and the coal chute of the Chicago Peoria and Louisville line was blown across the tracks at the junction with Illinois Central.
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Associated Press
Peoria
Fulton
Tazewell
Mason
Pekin
Chicago, Peoria and Louisville Company
Illinois Central
Hill Case Is Perplexing One
Berlin reports the German government denies any anti Hill expressions and says he is persona grata as American ambassador candidate. Emperor William’s reluctance to receive Dr Hill is discussed by royal aides and naval leaders, with Tower’s role in relaying the emperor’s position to President Roosevelt noted.
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Berlin
David Jayne Hill
The
Hague
Charlemagne Tower
Foreign Office
Dr. Hill
Hill
William
General von Pressin
Admiral von Mueller
Admiral von Tirpitz
Admiralty
Germany Denies Hill Personal Objection to Kaiser
Washington reports a Berlin foreign office statement denying Dr Hill was personally objectionable to the German emperor. The piece notes unofficial handling to avoid diplomatic insult and domestic backlash, citing rare adherence to formal declarations in recent years.
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Washington, D. C
Foreign Office
Berlin
Nomination Unanimous for Hawkins by 761st Ballot in Indiana
In Anderson Indiana on March 27 Nathan B Hawkins of Portland was nominated by the eighth district Republican convention after a 761st ballot following a twenty two hour deadlock across Madison Jay and Randolph counties. The nomination came as George W Cromer shifted support to Hawkins and Madison county delegates stayed unified. Hawkins secured 58 votes before Madison cast 32 to give him the nomination.
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Associated Press
Anderson
Ind
Nathan B. Hawkins
Portland
Jay
Hawkins
Hawkin
George W. Cromer
Muncie
Madison
Randolph
Cromer
Vestal
Madison County
Asby
Adams County
Herbert Maddy
Chockney
Wells County
Jay County
Delaware County
Randolph County
Shockney
T. Wish
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Finch
Elwood
Wm. Aspy
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